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St Pauls 50th Anniversary Carnival.

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St. Pauls Cathedral (London, England)

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St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England

St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral, originally built in 1256 and rebuilt after the Great Fire of London in 1675. St Paul's Cathedral occupies a significant place in the national identity.It is the central subject of much promotional material, as well as of images of the dome surrounded by the smoke and fire of the Blitz. Unlike the Great Fire of London, St.Paul’s was practically unharmed during the blitz of the Second World War.

Of course, this was not a coincidence. Prime Minister Winston Churchill said that St Paul's Cathedral should be protected at all costs. Over the war, bombs rained down on the cathedral. Volunteer firewatchers patrolled its myriad corridors, armed with sandbags and water pumps to douse the flames. At one point. an incendiary device was lodged on the roof. As it burned, the lead of the dome began to melt. Luck was on the side of the firewatchers. The bomb dislodged, fell to the floor of the Stone Gallery, and was smothered with a sandbag. St Paul's was saved.

Picture of St.Paul’s during the Blitz was retrieved from http://home.bt.com/pictures/uk-news/75-years-since-st-pauls-cathedral-was-bombed-during-the-blitz-41364009463013.

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City of London from the top of the Switch House

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